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鎌状 - Japanese Word of the Day | VN Club

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Word of the Day

鎌(かま)状(じょう)

Rank #115,669

Found in 5 VNs · 44 total media

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Meanings

adj-no

sickle-shaped
falciform

Most found in

Realize

4 occurrences

Most found in

Realize

4 occurrences

Forms

鎌状

100.0%

かまじょう

Example Sentences

from Jiten

蛍光オレンジのエゴが鎌状の刃をクロスさせ、防御の構えをとっていた。

Source: Realize

洞穴のような目に裂けた口からは、鎌状になった鋏角が覗いている。

Source: Tokyo Onmyoji -The Tale of Rei Tengenjibashi-

Kanji

鎌

sickle, scythe, trick

Heisig: sickle

N1Junior high18 strokes#1,930 freq

On'yomi

レン、ケン

Kun'yomi

かま

Common Compounds

鎌倉(かまくら)Kamakura (city)

状

status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance

Heisig: status quo

N2Grade 57 strokes#258 freq

On'yomi

ジョウ

Common Compounds

白状(はくじょう)confession

症状(しょうじょう)symptoms, condition (of a patient)

礼状(れいじょう)acknowledgment, acknowledgement, letter of thanks

病状(びょうじょう)condition of a patient, state of a disease, pathology

Conjugations

adj-no

Plain鎌状だ

Is (plain)

Polite鎌状です

Is (polite)

Negative鎌状じゃない

Is not

Past鎌状だった

Was

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

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Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

実情(じつじょう)real condition, actual circumstances, actual state of affairs

現状(げんじょう)present condition, existing state, status quo

状況(じょうきょう)state of affairs, situation, conditions

状態(じょうたい)state, condition, situation

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